(しゅっけつ)

しゅっけつ
noun / suru verb
bleeding, hemorrhage
1. bleeding, hemorrhage
The flow of blood from a wound or internal injury. Also used figuratively to mean a significant financial loss.
傷口(きずぐち)から出血(しゅっけつ)している。
It's bleeding from the wound.
出血(しゅっけつ)()まらないので病院(びょういん)()った。
The bleeding wouldn't stop, so I went to the hospital.
大量(たいりょう)出血(しゅっけつ)(いのち)(あぶ)ない状態(じょうたい)だったが、手術(しゅじゅつ)(たす)かった。
The patient's life was in danger due to massive hemorrhaging, but surgery saved them.

Compound of (しゅつ) (to come out) + (けつ) (blood). Primarily a medical term but commonly used in everyday speech.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 出血(しゅっけつ)する (to bleed)
  • 出血(しゅっけつ)()まる (the bleeding stops)
  • 出血(しゅっけつ)()める (to stop the bleeding)
  • 大量(たいりょう)出血(しゅっけつ) (massive bleeding)
  • (ない)出血(しゅっけつ) (internal bleeding)
  • 出血(しゅっけつ)多量(たりょう) (excessive blood loss)
  • 出血(しゅっけつ)サービス (selling at a huge loss — figurative)

USAGE NOTES:
The figurative expression 出血(しゅっけつ)サービス or 出血(しゅっけつ)(おお)サービス means selling at a drastic loss, used in advertising and business contexts to emphasize extreme discounts.

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